Article-receptacle.



L. O. BARNES. ARTICLE RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED DEG.27,1913.

1,116,210., Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

5| men for X 6 a QVHncooco LEE 0. BARNES, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

ABTICLE-RECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed December 27, 1913. Serial No. 809,067.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEE 0. BARNES, citizen of the United States, residing at Port land, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved article receptacle, and the primary object thereof is to provide means in the nature of an automatic door of the turn-style type whereby Various commodities, for instance, milk bottles, may be delivered to the interior of the said rece tacle and there safely housed until purpose y removed by the authorized party havin access thereto.

The above and ad itional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described in the followmg specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

In describingmy invention in detail reference will be had to the accompany ing drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention; and Fig. 2 1s a top plan view of the device, partly roken away.

Before proceeding with the descr ption of the drawings, I desire to call particular attention to the fact that whlle I have evolved my invention with particular reference to its application as a milk bottle receptacle, the same may be readily ut lized as a receptacle for various commodities or articles of general merchandise.

Referring now to the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention the numeral 1 designates a suitable supporting structure to which the receptacle, designated as an entirety by the numeral 2 is secured in any suitable manner, preferabl as indicated at 3 1n the drawings. T c said receptacle compr1ses the usual top 4, bottom 5 and sides 6, the said top and bottom, as is illustrated to advantage in Fig. 2 of the drawings, extending at one end of the receptacle, beyond the extremity of the sides 6 to efi'ect, according to the position of the receptacle a suitable platform designated 7. One end ofthe receptacle is provided with a door 8 hinged as at 9, whereby access to the interior of the receptacle may be had, the said door 8 being normally closed and locked in such closed position through the medium of a suitable lock designated 10. At the opposite end of the receptacle, and at a point adjacent the plane of the side extremities, I provide an automatic door of the turn-style type, the same comprising a vertical 'shaft 10', the extremities of which are journaled within bearings rovided therefor at the top and bottom tiereof. Arranged over the said shaft 10 and extending from the top to they bottom of the receptacle, I provide a sleeve 11. having formed integrally therewith, blades or rings 12 arranged, preferably, in spaced relation and in radial relation to the vertical axis of the said door. In the preferred form of the invention four wings are provided, the same being arranged in pairs, one air of wingscxtending transversely to the other, thesaid wings during rotation of the door being adapted for en gagement with the sides 6 of the receptacle to at all times close what would otherwise be the open end thereof. 3

The structure or construction of the device having been described, it now remains to recite the operation thereof. When it is desired that a milk bottle or other article be delivered to the interior of the receptacle, the said article is first placed upon the plat-, form 7 between the wings of the turn'style door, whereupon the said door is manually rotated, causing the article to be delivered to the interior of the receptacle, the said' article, by reason of its engagement with one of the wings 12, being forced from the path of rotation of the said door as is clearly indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Any number of articles may be delivered to the interior of the receptacle in the manner above described.- After delivery, a removal of-the said articles can only be eil'ected by the authorized party having access to the interior of the receptacle through the opening, normally closed by the hinged door 8. a

In actual practice, when used in the following capacity, an empty bottle may be so placed against the wings of the receptacle from'the interior thereof, as to be automatically delivered to the platform 7 simultaneously with the delivery of'a full bottle to the interior of the receptacle- 

